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Cable trends: SPE and real-time data top the needs for quick connectivity

April 14, 2021 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Single Pair Ethernet enables consistent data transmission up to the field level.

For cable manufacturers, trends toward faster and more compact systems continue to reign. Suppliers to motion control systems, such as Helukabel, respond with cables for industrial automation that can transmit data in real time. “We supply multiple motor manufacturers worldwide with feedback and signal cables in all variations — stationary, continuous flex and torsion rated. […]

Filed Under: Blog, control cables, DW sync, Industry News & Events, Products Tagged With: Helukabel

Cat 6A cables with reduced diameters are thinner, lighter last generation

August 20, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Remee Wire and Cable Cat 6A cable

Remee Wire & Cable introduces new Category 6A cables with reduced diameters that meet or exceed all TIA standards. The smaller size provides a number of advantages for installation, cable management and handling, while allowing networks to operate at 10 Gigabits per second. Remee Cat. 6A cables feature a nominal O.D. of 0.255 in., which […]

Filed Under: Blog, Data Transmission, Products Tagged With: remeewireandcable

Importance of standardizing industrial bus cables

March 19, 2020 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

PROFINET Industrial Ethernet cable can be used in static (Type A), flexible (Type B), continuous-flex (Type C) and robotic (Type R) applications.

As bus products evolve to faster and more environmentally-friendly products, the need for backward compatibility is important. Contributed by Neal Allen, Vice President of Engineering, Helukabel USA Despite the move towards Ethernet-based protocols, controls manufacturers continue to avoid standardization and create their own proprietary bus cable. This article will explore how the industrial marketplace has […]

Filed Under: Automation, Blog, control cables, DW sync, Featured, Markets, Products Tagged With: Helukabel

ix Industrial: The revolution in Ethernet connectors?

November 14, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Figure 1. The new industrial Category 6A: ix Industrial connectors from HIROSE with Ethernet cables from HELUKABEL

The new ix Industrial interface opens new opportunities, including cable manufacturers. Contributed by Horst Messerer, Product manager .Helukabel Hardly any other connector is as widely used as the RJ45 (also known as the western plug). It has been around since the 1970s, and in the decades that followed, technologically superior variations were developed for use […]

Filed Under: Blog, Data Transmission, DW sync, EE sync, Featured, Products Tagged With: Helukabel

Industrial motion control cables for a data-driven world

March 20, 2019 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Helukabel industrial motion control cables for a data driven world

As automated machinery continues to change through the use of IoT-enabled technologies, with updated standards and the need for faster speeds and production, more pressure is put upon the cables that are used to control, power and carry these critical signals. Recently, Horst Messerer, data, network, and bus technology sales manager at Helukabel shared his […]

Filed Under: Blog, DW sync, Featured, Industry News & Events Tagged With: Helukabel

The first cable on the Moon: a history of NASA’s use of Cicoil’s flat cables

October 25, 2018 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Cicoil flat cables Aldrin-on-the-Moon

Contributed by Rich Buchicchio, National Sales and Marketing Manager We all know about “The First Man” on the Moon. However, when Neil Armstrong took his historic step on the surface of the Moon, he was wearing a bio-belt that was fitted with a Cicoil engineered Biomedical Harness. Without this important piece of the Space puzzle, […]

Filed Under: Blog, DW sync, Featured, Markets, Military/Aerospace Tagged With: Cicoil

Where are Active Optical Cables used?

October 9, 2018 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

Cosemi LS Series Active Optical Cables 300-dpi

AOCs are typically used in production line applications, where high-resolution images are used for quality control, or to extend the control and video signals of a machine or computer that may be 50-200 ft away. For example, by using AOCs, clean room manufacturing can now be controlled several hundreds of feet away in a main […]

Filed Under: Basics, Blog, DW sync, Featured Tagged With: cosemi

What are Active Optical Cables?

October 2, 2018 By Mary Gannon 1 Comment

Cosemi Active Optical Cables AOC Family

The proliferation of bandwidth-hungry applications such as 4K/8K/10K video, as well as augmented and virtual reality, are all fueling the need for reliable, faster data transmission between sources and displays. At lengths of 5 m and beyond, copper cables are simply no longer able to keep up with this insatiable bandwidth demand at the speeds […]

Filed Under: Basics, Blog, Featured Tagged With: cosemi

igus e-chains hoist historic New England bridge, reduce maintenance

August 31, 2018 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

igus e-chains Memorial Bridge-1

A bridge that connects New Hampshire and Maine may look very similar to the almost 100-year-old bridge that it replaced, but it has been equipped with some revolutionary technology. The bridge has been outfitted with an energy chain system from igus to guide the motor and fiber optic cables that aid in the raising and […]

Filed Under: Blog, DW sync, Featured Tagged With: igus

Why should you certify LAN cabling installation?

August 24, 2018 By Mary Gannon Leave a Comment

IDEAL_Networks_LanTEK_III LAN cabling installation certifier

LAN cable certifiers are the go-to method of testing twisted pair cabling. But why do installers need to certify cabling? And what is the difference between a certifier and other types of LAN testers? In this post, Dan Barrera, Global Product Manager from IDEAL Networks offers some insight. “Put simply, the first two elements of […]

Filed Under: Basics, Blog Tagged With: idealnetworks

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